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TG ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERNz` Be` it known that I, GOMLXEBZBEURER, of.the city of Brooklyn,.inftheeonnty of Kings, andStntezosm 4ork, have,made certain nevi and useful Improvements in'the (lonstruction.ot`-`Bedsteads; and I dbili'ereby .declare that the following is a full,clear, andfcx'act description of.thoconstructiomand operationofftlieeazneI 4 reference being had to the annexed drawings, makingapart of this 'specication', intiyhicli- Figure l represents aperspective view of my improvedl bed'stead when set; up ready for use.AFigure 2 isla top view et" the saine, the head-blocks beingjremoved,and thc'folding grate shown". in` redA outline. i 'y Figure 3is a. perspective, view of a. side piece, combined with an end. pieceof? the same, shown detached ready for being packed for shipping.r Y yFigure 4 is a detached perspective view of the central piece, by meansot"`vfhieh` the side pieces are combined.

,a Figure 5 is a perspectivev icW` of the clamp nsedfor securing the endpieces together on theirlowcr part,

' Y Figure, 6 is a side viewl of oneof lthe head-blocks used forsecuring the upper ends of` `the end` pieces. Similar lettersV ofreference indicate corresponding parts in the severalrigures. 7

The natureof my invention consists in= constructing bedsteads withthe'legsof thejsan'ie fermingpart` of the sidepicces of thesame, andhaving the side pieces as nell as theend pieces made and cut verticallyin` halvesjnnd provided on their joints with dove-tail projections, andhaving-simple `wood fastenings `fitted? tothesaid deve tail projections,so that by means of the said fastenings the whole 'of the bedstcad isreadily secured together for ueefor it may be easily taken apart,andmaylbe packed in a b ox of the usualsiie and dlnicnsionusedi forpacking the parts of mattresses, whereby the shipping of the hedstead``is greatly facilitated andeconomizcd.

To enable others skilledm the art 'to make andV use my inventioml willproceed to describe-its constructionand operation. 4

` A A represent the side pieces of Athe bedstead, and B B are the vondpieces of the same; C Cr C C are tho bed-posts, which serve aslegs tothe bedstead, and vthey are firmly secured 'with the endsof the sidesll;.dei` the same, :instead of ^usually attaching the said posts CAC to theend pieces o'i. the bedstead. Nomin order that the side piccesmay bepacked in like boxes, such as us'ed comrnenly for shipping mattresses,which are made usually in` three eq'ualparts for each bedI diyideand,lform eaehwsidepiecetof two halves toconie apart` atene' half of itslength, andsupplythe same with. lcgsD D to provide it .with'aresting-place; and in rder to Y' secure these halves together, I provide'the same, on. their oppositeends, with dovrei-pins Ehio moet in theholes ll F of the opposite parts,`and provide the said ends withldove-tail grooves G'G on their inner side, in'to which the ends ofa'central cross-bar, H, are fitted, with corrcspondingtongucs I sothativiirn thesehalves arcfhronght together the dowels E E willenter-into the holes F IA and', by meansvof the placing of the cross-bar`.Li" i:e`t\v-:-e1i the sides of the bedstead and inserting theirtongues I I into'the notches or grooves G G, each i' the sides A Aimmode'whole, and is secured together and prevented from spreading oxspringing apart, whereby-the sides 'A A may he readily, detached to bepacked, and, by means of b eing only haliof'the nsuai lengthgthey may`unpacked and shipped in similar boxes as Ithose used for the mattresses.The end pieces Ii 13,' I divide also centrally, as shown, and, in order'to securethe same firmly together when used, I provide each side, onits inside, with a dove-tail shaped projecting tongue, K, of whichonehalf is attached to each part at the joint of the two parts, formingone endpieco, B, and have a doi'eftnil shapedgrooved block, Ltting overthe *tongue K, which'serves to secure tlielowcr ends of the said halvesof the end piece B. The top ends of the end pieces B, I provide withsmall head-b1ocks M M, shown in fig. 6, which ,serve the purpose tocover thc place ofthe oint, and, having the dowels N N fitting incorresponding openings O O, they serve also tosecnre' the halves the ndpieces together. P P aredowels, which. are made to enter'correspondingholes R Rin thc'joint ofthe of halves of the end pieces in order toguide thesame horizontally, The end pieces maybe attached by', hinges tothe side pieces A A, where they join on one another, as' shown inthc'drawing, so that when tliefbedv stead ispncked tho same my fold, asshown in iig. 3, or they may be attached together by other fastening, tol be vertically nirhdrawn from on cnc another 'and each packed andlnidin the box seperately;

, 2 r "Esensthe foregoing itjwili be elesriy seein that the bedsteadconstructed of th umn can -reudily be siippe `n'box`s, which are easyfor transp lwth thbimattresses V1 and not expensive on edcount of taking'up room', which is so mu as a soli. body. e

What claim as mynventin, Constructing the sids' A A-,.wth the'posts C CC C en pxfovded with fthe 'crass-bm;11,'emnbining s aid'halve's, in comthe manner substantially' as herein shown, and for the purposede'scrbed.

ortston, in handling thems bin'ati'on with the endpiecos B B,constructed in Witnesses;

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